Rule 6 states: "Players and officials must not at any time engage in behaviour unbecoming to a representative player or official that could (a) bring them or the game of cricket into disrepute or (b) be harmful to the interests of cricket. This rule applies at all times where the unbecoming behaviour involves the player being involved in public comment or comment to or in the media."

David Warner's Australia career

Warner has made 19 Test appearances, averaging 39.46 with the bat. He has made three tons and seven fifties.

In one-day internationals, Warner averages 30.37 from 37 innings with a strike rate of 81.15.

In 44 innings in Twenty20 internationals, he averages 28.71 at a strike rate of 139.26

The other reporter mentioned in the tweets, Malcolm Conn, said he had spoken to the governing body.

Conn said Cricket Australia, which was trying to contact Warner in Delhi, had told him it was "disappointed by the language" used on the social media website.

The journalist added: "I'm all for free speech and strong opinions. I'd be quite happy to let it go. I don't think there's anything untoward about expressing your opinions but I can understand [Cricket Australia's] position.

"They are very concerned about their image. Twitter is followed by a lot of young people.

"It's a very bad look if you've got an international cricketer, particularly one with leadership aspirations, using bad language on social media when he's got 189,000 followers."